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For other uses, see Llama (disambiguation).

Llamas are neutral mobs that can be tamed and used to transport large shipments of items.

Spawning

Llamas spawn at light level 7 or above. They naturally spawn only above grass blocks in savanna biomes in herds of 4 llamas and in mountains biomes in herds of 4 to 6 llamas. They come in four variants of coat colors: brown, cream, white, gray. Wandering traders always spawn with two leashed trader llamas.

10% of llamas spawn as babies.

In Bedrock Edition, there is no spawn egg for trader llamas. They always spawn when a wandering trader is spawned using a spawn egg or by using the /summon command, although a trader llama can be summoned using /summon llama ~ ~ ~ minecraft:from_wandering_trader.

Drops

Adults drop:

Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped.

Usage

Leading

Llamas do not accept saddles, so the player can't control one's movement, even when tamed. Thus, leads are the best way to move llamas. Leading a llama actually signals up to ten nearby llamas (both tamed and untamed) to follow each other, forming a caravan. A caravan can have up to nine llamas in it, including the lead, whether it's an adult or a baby. Leashing a second llama forms a caravan of ten more llamas, and there is no intentional limit on the number of llamas following a player.

Storage

A llama can be equipped with a chest by right clicking a chest on it once tamed, giving it 3, 6, 9, 12, or 15 slots of inventory space, scaling directly with its Strength NBT (see § Data values below). Once equipped, the chest cannot be retrieved without killing the llama and can be accessed by shift + right clicking the llama. A llama's potential carry capacity is a number of item slots equal to 3*Strength.

Strength distribution in wild llamas
1 2 3 4 5
32.8% 32.8% 32.8% 0.8% 0.8%

Decoration

All llama swag patterns

All llama carpet patterns.

Llamas can be equipped with carpets in their carpet slot (). Each carpet color shows as a different patterned rug on the llama's back. This can be useful for color-coding their storage, similar to dyed shulker boxes.

For the purposes of the /replaceitem command, a llama carries its carpet in the horse.armor slot.

Trader llamas that do not have a carpet wear a blue rug design. It can be replaced with a carpet but not removed. When given carpets, both types of llama look the same.

Behavior

Spitting

Llamas are neutral, but if a player or mob attacks one, it spits at the attacker once to deal 1♥ damage. Sometimes their spit can miss their target and hit another llama, starting a fight within a group of llamas. Additionally, a wandering trader's llamas spit at mobs or players who attack the wandering trader.

Llamas are hostile to wolves and spit without provocation, but they don't attack tamed wolves unless provoked. Wolves are fearful of llamas of strength 4 or 5 and always run away.[1] Wolves flee from weaker llamas less often.

Despite the spitting being a projectile, dying from llama spit still shows the death message "<player> was slain by Trader Llama/Llama."

Trader llamas are hostile toward all zombie variants and illagers,‌[Java Edition only] and they defend both themselves and their wandering trader.

The spit entity must belong to a llama to do damage, meaning that the spit summoned by commands does no damage. Llama spit can be deflected if hit by the player.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Taming

Llamas can be tamed by repetitively riding them until hearts are displayed, done by pressing use on the llama while holding nothing. Taming success depends on the llama's Temper NBT. Temper is a positive trait, with higher values increasing the chance of successful taming. Llamas begin with a Temper value of 0 and a maximum of 100. When a player rides an untamed llama, a random number from 0 to 99 is chosen. The llama gets tamed successfully if this number is less than the Temper value, otherwise, the Temper is increased by 5 and the player is bucked off. Temper can also be increased by feeding the llama.

Unlike any other tamed animal, tamed llamas still retaliate at players.

Naturally spawned trader llamas are untamed and unrideable while being lead by their wandering trader. If unleashed, they become tamable‌[Java Edition only] or tamed.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

In Java Edition, tamed trader llamas do not despawn.

Like all tame animals, a death message is displayed to a tamed llama's owner if it is killed.

Breeding

Tamed llamas can be bred by being fed 1–3 hay bales. Both parents must be tamed before they can breed. Trader llamas cannot breed.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

The offspring takes on the appearance of one parent randomly. Its strength is chosen as a random integer between 1 and the strength of the stronger parent, inclusive. 3% of the time the resulting strength is increased by 1, but it is capped at 5.

Stronger parent's strength

Offspring's strength
1 2 3 4 5
1 97% 3%
2 48.5% 50% 1.5%
3 32.33% 33.33% 33.33% 1%
4 24.25% 25% 25% 25% 0.75%
5 19.4% 20% 20% 20% 20.6%

Select a row based on the stronger parent. The column shows the probability of the resulting offspring having a given strength.

A llama's base health (15 to 30 hitpoints) is calculated based on that of its parents, in the same way as a horse's.

Llamas breed in the vicinity if they are on a lead. Although one of the llamas may not respond to being fed right away; they accept a hay bale/bale(s) if needed to breed. This can result in consumption from 1 to 3 hay bales.

Food

Feeding a llama food can alter its behavior, restoring lost health or making a baby grow faster (babies ordinarily take around 20 minutes to mature to adults). The table below lists the effects of the 2 food items llamas accept.

To feed a llama, hold a valid food item and press use while facing the llama. Llamas can be fed only when feeding would have an effect, similar to other animals. If the food is invalid, the player mounts the llama instead.

Food Heals Speeds growth by Increases temper by Notes
Wheat 2♥ 10 sec +3
Hay Bale 10♥♥♥♥♥ 1:30 minutes +6 Activates love mode in tamed llamas.

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Llama bleats??entity.llama.ambientsubtitles.entity.llama.ambient??16
Llama bleats angrily??entity.llama.angrysubtitles.entity.llama.angry??16
Llama Chest equips??entity.llama.chestsubtitles.entity.llama.chest??16
Llama dies??entity.llama.deathsubtitles.entity.llama.death??16
Llama eats??entity.llama.eatsubtitles.entity.llama.eat??16
Llama hurts??entity.llama.hurtsubtitles.entity.llama.hurt??16
Llama spits??entity.llama.spitsubtitles.entity.llama.spit??16
Llama steps??entity.llama.stepsubtitles.entity.llama.step??16
Llama is decorated??entity.llama.swagsubtitles.entity.llama.swag??16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Llamallamaentity.minecraft.llama
Trader Llamatrader_llamaentity.minecraft.trader_llama
Llama Spitllama_spitentity.minecraft.llama_spit

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Llamallama29entity.llama.name
Llama Spitllama_spit102entity.llama_spit.name

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Llamas have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

  • Entity data
      • Additional fields for mobs that can breed
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all mobs
    •  Bred: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Unknown. Remains 0 after breeding. If true, causes it to stay near other llamas with this flag set.
    •  ChestedHorse: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the llama has chests.
    •  DecorItem: The item the llama is wearing, without the Slot tag. Typically a carpet.
      • Tags common to all items
    •  DespawnDelay: A timer for trader llamas to despawn, present only in trader_llama. The trader llama despawns when this value reaches 0.
    •  EatingHaystack: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if grazing.
    •  Items: List of items. Exists only if ChestedHorse is true.
      • An item, including the Slot tag.
        • Tags common to all items
    •  Owner: The UUID of the player that tamed the llama, stored as four ints. Has no effect on behavior. Does not exist if there is no owner.
    •  Variant: The variant of the llama. 0 = Creamy, 1 = White, 2 = Brown, 3 = Gray.
    •  Strength: Ranges from 1 to 5, defaults to 3. Determines the number of items the llama can carry (items = 3 × strength). Also increases the tendency of wolves to run away when attacked by llama spit. Strengths 4 and 5 always causes a wolf to flee.
    •  Tame: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the llama is tamed.
    •  Temper: Ranges from 0 to 100; increases with feeding. Higher values make a llama easier to tame.

Llama Variant

Main article: Llama/DV
[edit]

Llama spit have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all projectiles

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
So I Got That Going for MeLead a Caravan containing at least 5 Llamas20GBronze

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawThe Parrots and the Bats
Breed two animals together HusbandryBreed a pair of any of these 25 mobs: A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/breed_an_animal
Advancement-plain-rawBest Friends Forever
Tame an animal HusbandryTame one of these 8 tameable mobs: husbandry/tame_an_animal
Advancement-fancy-rawTwo by Two
Breed all the animals! The Parrots and the BatsBreed a pair of each of these 24 mobs: A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/bred_all_animals

History

Java Edition
July 26, 2016Jeb hosts a poll on Twitter, with the choice of llamas or alpacas. The final results gave favor (58%) to llamas. Alpacas had a 42%.
1.1116w39aCreamy Llama Revision 1Creamy Llama with Chest Revision 1White Carpeted Llama Revision 1Yellow Carpeted Llama Revision 1Light Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Brown Carpeted Llama Revision 1 White Llama Revision 1White Llama with Chest Revision 1Orange Carpeted Llama Revision 1Lime Carpeted Llama Revision 1Cyan Carpeted Llama Revision 1Green Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Brown Llama Revision 1Brown Llama with Chest Revision 1Magenta Carpeted Llama Revision 1Pink Carpeted Llama Revision 1Purple Carpeted Llama Revision 1Red Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Gray Llama Revision 1Gray Llama with Chest Revision 1Light Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Black Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Added llamas.
Baby Creamy Llama Revision 1 Baby White Llama Revision 1 Baby Brown Llama Revision 1 Baby Gray Llama Revision 1 Added baby llamas.
16w39bThe drops of llamas are now affected by the Looting enchantment.
16w41aThe spawn rate of llamas has been drastically reduced.
Llama spit now has an entity id: llama_spit.
1.1418w43aCreamy LlamaCreamy Llama with ChestWhite Carpeted LlamaYellow Carpeted LlamaLight Gray Carpeted LlamaBrown Carpeted Llama White LlamaWhite Llama with ChestOrange Carpeted LlamaLime Carpeted LlamaCyan Carpeted LlamaGreen Carpeted Llama Brown LlamaBrown Llama with ChestMagenta Carpeted LlamaPink Carpeted LlamaPurple Carpeted LlamaRed Carpeted Llama Gray LlamaGray Llama with ChestLight Blue Carpeted LlamaGray Carpeted LlamaBlue Carpeted LlamaBlack Carpeted Llama The textures of llamas have been changed.
Baby Creamy Llama Baby White Llama Baby Brown Llama Baby Gray Llama The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
19w05aCreamy Trader Llama White Trader Llama Brown Trader Llama Gray Trader Llama
Baby Creamy Trader Llama Baby White Trader Llama Baby Brown Trader Llama Baby Gray Trader Llama Added trader llamas, which spawn with wandering traders.
1.1620w15aDispensers can now put carpets and chests on tamed llamas.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Creamy Llama Revision 1Creamy Llama with Chest Revision 1White Carpeted Llama Revision 1Yellow Carpeted Llama Revision 1Light Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Brown Carpeted Llama Revision 1 White Llama Revision 1White Llama with Chest Revision 1Orange Carpeted Llama Revision 1Lime Carpeted Llama Revision 1Cyan Carpeted Llama Revision 1Green Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Brown Llama Revision 1Brown Llama with Chest Revision 1Magenta Carpeted Llama Revision 1Pink Carpeted Llama Revision 1Purple Carpeted Llama Revision 1Red Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Gray Llama Revision 1Gray Llama with Chest Revision 1Light Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Black Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Added llamas.
Baby Creamy Llama Revision 1 Baby White Llama Revision 1 Baby Brown Llama Revision 1 Baby Gray Llama Revision 1 Added baby llamas.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Creamy LlamaCreamy Llama with ChestWhite Carpeted LlamaYellow Carpeted LlamaLight Gray Carpeted LlamaBrown Carpeted Llama White LlamaWhite Llama with ChestOrange Carpeted LlamaLime Carpeted LlamaCyan Carpeted LlamaGreen Carpeted Llama Brown LlamaBrown Llama with ChestMagenta Carpeted LlamaPink Carpeted LlamaPurple Carpeted LlamaRed Carpeted Llama Gray LlamaGray Llama with ChestLight Blue Carpeted LlamaGray Carpeted LlamaBlue Carpeted LlamaBlack Carpeted Llama The textures of llamas have been changed.
Baby Creamy Llama Baby White Llama Baby Brown Llama Baby Gray Llama The textures of baby llamas have been changed.
Creamy Trader Llama White Trader Llama Brown Trader Llama Gray Trader Llama Added trader llamas, which spawn with wandering traders.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.3Trader llamas are now hostile to mobs that attack wandering traders.
Trader llamas now always spawn as adult llamas.
Trader llamas can no longer breed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54CU44 1.52 Patch 241.0.4Creamy Llama Revision 1Creamy Llama with Chest Revision 1White Carpeted Llama Revision 1Yellow Carpeted Llama Revision 1Light Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Brown Carpeted Llama Revision 1 White Llama Revision 1White Llama with Chest Revision 1Orange Carpeted Llama Revision 1Lime Carpeted Llama Revision 1Cyan Carpeted Llama Revision 1Green Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Brown Llama Revision 1Brown Llama with Chest Revision 1Magenta Carpeted Llama Revision 1Pink Carpeted Llama Revision 1Purple Carpeted Llama Revision 1Red Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Gray Llama Revision 1Gray Llama with Chest Revision 1Light Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Black Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Added llamas.
Baby Creamy Llama Revision 1 Baby White Llama Revision 1 Baby Brown Llama Revision 1 Baby Gray Llama Revision 1 Added baby llamas.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19Creamy Llama Revision 1Creamy Llama with Chest Revision 1White Carpeted Llama Revision 1Yellow Carpeted Llama Revision 1Light Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Brown Carpeted Llama Revision 1 White Llama Revision 1White Llama with Chest Revision 1Orange Carpeted Llama Revision 1Lime Carpeted Llama Revision 1Cyan Carpeted Llama Revision 1Green Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Brown Llama Revision 1Brown Llama with Chest Revision 1Magenta Carpeted Llama Revision 1Pink Carpeted Llama Revision 1Purple Carpeted Llama Revision 1Red Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Gray Llama Revision 1Gray Llama with Chest Revision 1Light Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Gray Carpeted Llama Revision 1Blue Carpeted Llama Revision 1Black Carpeted Llama Revision 1 Added llamas.
Baby Creamy Llama Revision 1 Baby White Llama Revision 1 Baby Brown Llama Revision 1 Baby Gray Llama Revision 1 Added baby llamas.

Issues

Issues relating to "Llama" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • In the way a bear's offspring are called cubs & a wolf's offspring are called pups, a llama's offspring are called cria.
  • Llamas still float when riding while on water deeper than 2 blocks.
  • The player can still see a llama's carpet decoration when it is under the effect of Invisibility.
  • When breeding two trading llamas, the cria wears a baby-sized, trader-style carpet.‌[Java Edition only]
  • The achievement title refers to the 1980 comedy movie "Caddyshack", where Bill Murray tells a story of how he once caddied for the Dalai Lama. In return, on his deathbed he expects to receive total consciousness, thus uttering the famous line "So I got that going for me".
  • In Java Edition, llamas are the only mob that can directly inflict damage to players in Peaceful difficulty.[2]
  • Some carpets on llamas back represent certain mobs: creeper or enderman. A llama wearing a gray carpet has a mask, similar to that of a superhero, or rather a bandit.

Gallery

Screenshots

Carpet and Chest

In Other Media

References

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